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GASTRONOMY
The most famous Florentine dish is certainly the "Bistecca",
a huge bloody T-bone steak, grilled on fire, not on a gas flame.
To appreciate it you should drink one of the good red wines
from the hills around the city, for example a Chianti Classico.
But the Florentine cuisine offers other specialities too. The
roasts will make your lunch unforgettable and the first courses,
especially the soups are worth to try. Try Ribollita and pappa
al pomodoro with some local extra virgin olive oil over at least
once. The members of the Medici family enjoyed eating and the
chefs experimented new exquisite dishes to serve at the meals.
Caterina de' Medici, Lorenzo il Magnifico's nephew, loved drinking
and eating and ordered her chefs to let their creativity flourish. |
Discovering
the Cities
First Itinerary:
Piazza del Duomo, San Lorenzo e Cappelle Medicee
Second Itinerary:
Via de Calzaioli, Museo del
Bargello, Piazza della Signoria, Palazzo Vecchio, Ponte Vecchio,
Galleria degli Uffizi |
| The
most beautiful churches in Florence |
| The
Palaces of Florence |
| Events
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When Caterina, in 1533, departed to France in order
to marry Enrico di Orleans, she also brought her kitchen staff
and so the French learnt from the Florentines how to cook
Orange Duck and bechamel sauce, and how to make ice-cream
and cream puffs and how to fry pancakes. The French not only
took Mona Lisa to the Louvre, they also robbed some of the
masterpieces of our cuisine, giving the dish new refined French
names. If you want to experience the fascination of Florence,
do not forget that cooking is an art and that the arts have
been cultivated with care and love since ancient times in
this city. So, end your visit in Florence with a meal in one
of the numerous "trattorie". Your appetite will
certainly appreciate it.
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